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From: pete@valid.UUCP (Pete Zakel)
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Subject: Re: Integer division
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Date: Thu, 27-Feb-86 18:32:03 EST
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> Is there someone out there who *wants* a/b to round towards 0 (for reasons
> that say that is the desired result)?  I asked that before and have not seen
> any affirmatives.
> 
> ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720

I do!  Mainly because I want the absolute value of (-a)/b to equal the absolute
value of a/b.
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-Pete Zakel (..!{hplabs,amd,pyramid,ihnp4}!pesnta!valid!pete)